Marion Jones Signs With Shock

By | March 10, 2010 | Basketball | 3 Comments

Marion Jones is going to play basketball in the WNBA.marion_jones_flag

Yes, that Marion Jones. The same Marion Jones who won five medals in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and then had to give them all back when she admitted that she had been using performance enhancing drugs. The same Marion Jones who served a six-month prison sentence for lying to federal agents during the BALCO steroids investigation.

Well, it turns out that in addition to being a really fast runner and a felon, Marion Jones is also quite the basketball player. In fact, she played point guard for the 1994 UNC National Championship team and she was drafted by the Phoenix Mercury back in 2003.

Now Jones is back and she will be playing basketball with the Tulsa Shock.

A shock indeed.

[photo: BBC Sport Online]

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3 Replies to Marion Jones Signs With Shock

  1. Tricia says:
    March 12, 2010 at 12:53 pm

    Do you think they are going to scrutinize her every move?

  2. Sarah says:
    March 12, 2010 at 12:54 pm

    I think they have to.

  3. Syd Vishus says:
    July 22, 2011 at 11:55 pm

    Dayum…so BUMMED!!!! I loved Marion Jones!! She was going to give me her basketball shoes after her game against Phoenix in August!!!
    She is a CLASS ACT!! SHE FACED HER “MISTAKES” AND TOOK RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEM…HOPE SHE GETS PICKED UP BY ANOTHER TEAM!!
    I LOVE YOU MARION…KEEP YOUR HEAD UP SISTER!!
    THANKS FOR SIGNING MY SANDAL!!….HUGE RESPECT FOR YA GIRL!

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